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Electrifying Europe : the power of Europe in the construction of electricity networks.

Combining a wide array of rarely used sources, this book unravels how engineers, industrialists, and policymakers gained support for building an interconnected European system, achieved by 1995. The empirical chapters show how ideas of European cooperation in general became intertwined with network...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lagendijk, Vincent
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2009.
Colección:Technology and European History Series, 2.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Electrifying Europe; Acknowledgements; Table of contents; List of illustrations; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 Introduction In search of European roots; Chapter 2"Opening the doors to a revolution"; Chapter 3 Planning a European network, 1927-34; Chapter 4 (Re)Constructing regions, 1934-51; Chapter 5 Securing European cooperation, 1951-2001; Chapter 6 Conclusion From cooperation to competition; Sources and bibliography; Summary.